I write about the world of biology. Bird populations in mainland Australia have proved surprisingly resilient against a wide range of ... [+] pressures. But they will continue to perish if we don ...

These flightless birds are only found in Australia, New Guinea and some Pacific islands. The Australian government lists them as endangered and estimates about 4,500 remain in the wild.

Here’s a look at 8 of the most beautiful orange-coloured birds from around the globe, each with unique characteristics and ...

The chances that Moonpie, Robin Clark’s rose-breasted Australian cockatoo, was ever going to be found were next to zero. The ...

Australia and the rest of Oceania are the last regions free of the highly pathogenic strain of bird flu that has caused mass mortality in birds across the world and a massive outbreak in dairy ...

These are some of the ominous warnings issued in Australia each spring, as magpies and humans begin their annual turf war. Streets and parks become a battleground, as the birds - descending from ...

A new strain of bird flu threatens to be Australia’s biggest ecological disaster, decimating native birds as well as mammals including Tasmanian devils and sea lions, experts warn. There is ...

An album made up entirely of the tweets and squawks of endangered Australian birds has debuted in the top five of the country's Aria music charts. Songs of Disappearance is surpassing the likes of ...

“We’re trying to make sure that we can get as much information as we can about any uniquely Australian responses to this variant of bird flu. The saddest and most important lesson is that it ...